Fourth Round (pick 2/2): Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon
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With that being said, the Broncos would need a player that is capable of eating up carries.
Royce Freeman has certainly proven himself capable of doing that.
Freeman had so many touches at Oregon, I think it could very well drop him down the draft board a little bit, but on day three, there’s not a better value to me.
This is a player that has shown the ability to score the football at an incredible rate, and utilize his size to make tackling him very difficult, especially between the tackles where I feel he is most effective.
This is a player that can move the chains, and with the offensive line in Denver being put together in this particular scenario, I think Freeman could eventually excel and start.